超譯
simp超译ciu1 jik6chāo yì
English
- a translation that takes liberties with the original text
- reinterpreting a text in one's own understanding, which may deviate from the original meaning
粵語 — Cantonese
- 用自己理解嘅方式去重新表達,可能包括添加或刪減原意
Examples
我哋叫人慎重考慮會用「三思」,但呢個講法係超譯咗孔子。佢本身只係叫人諗多一次。
When we ask people to reconsider something, we say "think thrice". But this is a liberal reinterpretation of Confucious, who actually advocated for thinking twice only.
Sources: cc-cedict, words.hk